The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-18
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

inclosure of lands and make existing I'M
lawful Enclosures penal, Also bill to pro-
vide for the sale of school, asylum and UNI
versity lands. 1t repeats the lease system
Bell: Two bills providing for giving
jurisdiction to county courts OF contested
election cases.
McNlanus: Bill to provide for the destruc-
ton of wolves. The same bill passed the
senate last session but failed in the house.
Claiborne Memorial of colored teach rs
asking the establishment of mechanics
and agricultural college for colored youths
Stinson: Resolution to appoint COM
mittee of three senators and five represent
atty to visit the Agricultural College and
State Normal Institution. Burney OPP
posed joining committees. Postponed TIL
Wednesday
The senate in executive session confirmed
the following appointments; Goo. Bracken-
ridge and A. j. Rose, university regents; G.
III. Noakum. district attorney, Eighth DIS
trict. j l.. Estes. district attorney, twenty
ninth District: Edward Chambers, man
apcr State Lunatic Asylum; r. VI. McClung
and :. A. Shorridge, managers OF Terrell
Lunatic Asylum; Julius Runge, Leon
Blum. Thomas II Sweeney, NJ. SAWYER ana
Charles Fowler, pilot commissioners; T.. y.
Dibbrell and Gallen Crow, penitentiary
commissioners.
The seLate passed the house concurrent
resolution asking ongress to grant right OF
way through the Indian Territory for the
Chicago e Rock Island Railroad.
Houston offered a joint resolution to sub
nit to the voters constitutional amend
ment that the legisl ture shall provide Tor
the assessment and collection NJ state,
county and special taxes on p operty sub
ect TO taxation in unorganized counties.
The resolution of Mr.. Frank that 40
copies OF the senate Journals be printed
was adopted.
On motion of Stinson. Camp was substi.
tuted for Burgess on the committee upon
public buildings and grounds. Burgess de-
sired to be relieved, having been legal coun-
sci for the capitol contractors. Adjourne-.
HoUsE-Brownlng presented the petition
of citiZ, ms of Callahan county. calling Tor
legislation prohibiting Enclosure of lands in
quantities larger than $40 acres without
leaving roadway.
Memorial from commissioners court of
Young county asking for relief OF drought
sufferers, from taxes for 1886.
Memorial from citizens of Brown county,
demonstrating against the creation of new
county.
The following bills we're introduced and
referred:
Page: Making 1t unlawful for any cor
poration, company or limited partnership
engaged In transportation of persons or
property to discharge from its service any
person who has been egularly engaged In
Its employ without thirty days notice.
Also prohibiting any reduction OF ages
without the fame notice, under penalty or
$500 damages and p oviding damages In
any sum not less than $1,000 and not mole
than $1,000 for blaeklisting men discharged
from its Sc vices.
Baylor: To divide the western portion OF
Tom Green county into six new counties,
to be known as the counties OF Ector,
Winkler, Loving, Upton, Crane and Ward.
Heath: TO amend the constitutional pro-
hibit railroads from passing within ten
miles OF n county seat or within thaee
miles of any town of 200 Inhabitants with
out passing through the same.
Sharpe: Joint resolution TO provide that
cities and towns may adopt local option
Newton amended the local option law by
fixing penalties against physicians issuing
prescriptions for alcoholic stlmulents ex-
cept in case of actual sickness.
Belle, of Cooke: Adding one bale of cot
ton TO the product of the labor Of family
to the articles to be reserved to every family
to be exempt from attachment or execution
Rugle: Making 1t penalty for any per-
son TO labor or compel his employees to Ia
Dor on Sunday and prohibiting, under ! Ike
penalties, hunting or fishing on Sunday.
Page: To protect railroad companies in
the movement of their trains, making IL I'M
lawful and punishable by hue OF from $40
to $500 and imprisonment for not exceeding
six months, 10 stop. or delay Of trains; to
remove conceal or injure any part of an on
CINE or car, from $50 TO $500 and imprison-
ment in county jail.
Hargis. To provide annual pensions for
the surviving Texas veterans and widows
OF veterans.
Richardson: To create and maintain the
Office state biologists, providing for the
appointment Of said officer by the governor,
under concurrence of the senate, to qold his
office for two years, receive an annual sala-
nv of $1,000, two assistance at a salary OF
$1,000 a year each.
Prendergast: Providing that If eXecu-
tions are not issued in twelve months after
Judgment, judgment shall become dormant
unless revived
Making jury scrip issues In justice courts
receivable for county taxes.
A resolution that the judiciary committee
examine into ann report upon the question
whether or not counties In the drought belt
have a rigVt to issue and sell bonds for their
reliff.
A resolution that the committee ON II,
nance examine into the surplus punds tied
up In appropriations and uneXpended.
Tate offered a resolution providing for a
Joint committee TO visit and report upon
the actual condition Of affairs in the drouth
district.
Garwood did not favor this junkeiing
tour at the expense Of the state, moved to
lay the resolution on the table, which was
carried.
McGaughy offered a resolution that a
committee OF three be apwointed TO take
testimony as to the actual condition of the